Read the full judgment text of CACC 000730/1974 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. Three men were charged on a total of six charges. They included three charges of blackmail and three of theft. They go in pairs, for what happened was this. These men went on board cargo lighters and made unlawful demands with menaces which were complied with and money was handed over. All three men pleaded Guilty and all were sentenced to a total of nine months' imprisonment, that is to say three months' imprisonment consecutive for each pair of offences. The second and third Accused appeale